2026-06-14: Cuba Roundup

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Cuban Embassy in Belgium, Resumen English. (2026-06-14). European Solidarity Convoy For Cuba Sets Off From Belgium. popularresistance.org The initiative will travel across the continent under the slogans "Let Cuba Breathe" and "Europe, Wake Up." They condemned Washington's energy blockade and sanctions policy against the island. | Luxembourg Square in Brussels, located in Belgium across from the European Parliament, became the setting where the activities of the European convoy of solidarity with Cuba began on Wednesday, June 10. Despite the cold weather and rain throughout the day, more than a hundred people gathered in this space to express their support for the island and reject the suffocating policies applied by the U.S. government.

Maria Candela Hechavarria Carmenate (2026-06-14). Cuba fortalece capacidades en aguas subterráneas en curso del OIEA. radiohc.cu Un investigador del Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos (CEAC) representó a Cuba del 8 al 12 de junio en curso del OIEA en Viena sobre modelación con radón para estudiar la interacción agua subterránea-superficial. | El Curso de Capacitación sobre Modelación Avanzada de Balance de Masas utilizando Radón, organizado por el Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA), reunió a especialistas de varios países para perfeccionar técnicas que permiten comprender la relación entre aguas subterráneas y superficiales como ríos y lagos, informó la institución cubana a Prensa Latina. | Durante las jornadas, lo…

Maria Candela Hechavarria Carmenate (2026-06-14). Escritores y Artistas de Cuba recuerdan al gran cineasta José Massip. radiohc.cu La Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (Uneac) rindió homenaje al intelectual José Salvador Massip (1926-2014), cuyo centenario se conmemorará el próximo día 28. | Massip, uno de los cineastas contemporáneos más importantes de Cuba, fue fundador del Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (Icaic), Premio Nacional de Cine (2012) y figura clave en la articulación entre pensamiento histórico, creación audiovisual y crítica cultural. | Su obra abarcó el documental, la ficción y el ensayo, con títulos cardinales como El Mégano, Los tiempos del joven Martí e Historia de un ballet. | El encuentro tuvo…

Maria Candela Hechavarria Carmenate (2026-06-14). Esteban Lazo intercambió con presidentes de las asambleas municipales del Poder Popular. radiohc.cu Esteban Lazo Hernández, presidente de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular de Cuba (Parlamento), intercambió este sábado mediante videoconferencia con presidentes de las asambleas municipales del Poder Popular. | En el encuentro, Lazo Hernández reflexionó sobre el papel de estos órganos atendiendo a la actual situación del país frente al bloqueo económico, comercial, financiero y energético, y a la escalada agresiva del gobierno de Estados Unidos contra Cuba, destacó el sitio del Parlamento. Foto tomada del sitio de la Asamblea. | Subrayó la importancia de fortalecer el rol del municipio en la estrategia de des…

Luis de Jesus Reyes, Breakthrough News. (2026-06-14). Cuba In The Eye Of The Storm. popularresistance.org It is just past 9: 00 pm, and the Havana neighborhood where I live is completely dark. This part of the capital has been without electricity for 20 hours. On my street and those nearby, the silence has been broken by the noise of cacerolazos (pot-banging protests), a form of dissent that used to be rare in Cuba but is becoming increasingly frequent these days. | To a certain extent, this is understandable. The lack of electricity affects virtually every aspect of daily life for Cubans. Long hours of blackouts, which can stretch to nearly 48 hours in some provinces, leave little room for daily routines and force ci…

Ed Newman (2026-06-13). Trump and Rubio Build a Narrative on Lies to Attack Cuba. radiohc.cu By Hedelberto López Blanch / Photo: Associated Press / LaPresse (APN) | Fulton Armstrong, a former U.S. intelligence official, told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo that "Trump and Rubio are constructing a narrative tailored to their needs to justify an escalation against Cuba." | The former CIA member and one of the leading U.S. experts on Latin America, who has spent nearly three decades analyzing Washington's relationship with Havana, indicated that the White House is reinforcing sanctions and the economic blockade amidst a regional escalation following the offensive against Venezuela and tensions with Iran. | I…

Ed Newman (2026-06-13). Biocubafarma denounces most complex situation in its history. radiohc.cu Mayda Mauri Pérez, president of the Biocubafarma Business Group, declared that the Cuban biopharmaceutical industry is going through the most complex period in its history, marked by the impact of the United States' economic, commercial, and financial blockade and the escalation of measures against the national economy. | Mauri Pérez explained to Canal Caribe of Cuban Television that the inability to access raw materials and pharmaceutical supplies prevented the delivery of some 300 of the 395 medications committed to the basic health formulary. | She noted that, in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health…

Ed Newman (2026-06-13). Coalition Demands ICE-Free World Cup / Cuba activists educate at Los Angeles World Cup. radiohc.cu By Mark Friedman | One hundred and fifty community residents, activists, and members of UNITE Local 11 joined a June 7 protest in Los Angeles, California, days ahead of the opening World Cup games to demand that no ICE agents be present. | The Boycott Home Depot coalition has been protesting Home Depot's permission to allow ICE agents on their property to detain suspected undocumented day laborers. | Home Depot has been one of the sites statewide where ICE officials have targeted immigrant workers, arresting hundreds throughout California and violating their liberties and legal rights. | The Boycott Home Depot Co…

Ed Newman (2026-06-13). Cuba denounces that U.S. oil embargo is hindering food and medicine distribution. radiohc.cu Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced this Friday on his social media the damaging direct effect that the oil embargo imposed by the United States is having on the supply of food and medicine on the island. | The island's foreign minister stated that these measures imply collective punishment for the entire Cuban people, without exception, and asserted that there is a declared intention to provoke a social explosion in the country through a real energy blockade. | To illustrate the gravity of the situation, Bruno Rodriguez cited two concrete examples related to the distribution of basic goods. First, h…

Javier Perez Jimenez (2026-06-13). Ukraine Shuts out Cuba in Volleyball Nations League. radiohc.cu Havana, June 12 (RHC) — The Cuban team lost 3-0 to Ukraine today in their second appearance in the first week of the Men's Volleyball Nations League. | The Europeans dominated the match with sets of 25-21, 25-20, and 25-16 to improve their record (2-1), while the team coached by Cuban Jesús Cruz suffered their second consecutive defeat. | Kovalov (11 points) and Yanchuk (10) led the Ukrainian attack, who displayed greater control at the net, blocking nine balls to the Cubans' four. | The Cuban team's best individual performers were González (14) and Cárdenas (9), while collectively they committed nine more u…

Ed Newman (2026-06-13). Cuba reaffirms it does not reject or obstruct humanitarian aid. radiohc.cu Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has reaffirmed that the island does not reject or obstruct aid offered without conditions, however cynical or ridiculous it may seem. | In a post on social media, the island's foreign minister stated that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio constantly and intentionally misrepresents the figures and responses from Cuba regarding the amounts of aid announced by its government since November of last year."It took them more than six months to finalize the shipment of the first aid package, valued at $3 million USD. Nearly four months to send a portion of the announced $6 million…

Javier Perez Jimenez (2026-06-13). World Cup Football: When Cuba was a Protagonist. radiohc.cu Havana, June 12 (RHC) — Seeing Cuba win something important in football is like the artistic and fruitful reunion between Bjork and Lars Von Trier; that is, practically impossible. | That's why today it's worth remembering the Cuba-Sweden match that took place in the third edition of the FIFA World Cup, in France in 1938, the only time the largest of the Antilles has participated in a global football tournament. | The Cuban team attended as a guest and debuted with a 3-3 draw against Romania, whom they then defeated 2-1 in a replay, before falling in the quarterfinals to Sweden by a resounding 8-0 defeat.

Ed Newman (2026-06-13). Solidarity campaigns with Cuba continue in the Basque Country. radiohc.cu Numerous solidarity campaigns with Cuba are underway in the Basque Country, northern Spain, where unions, political parties, politicians, NGOs, and Basque associations are maintaining their momentum. | The Euskadi-Cuba association stands out as a central organizing body, providing infrastructure, storage facilities, and transportation routes, as well as covering the shipping costs for containers of aid to the Caribbean island. | According to José Manzaneda, coordinator of Cubainformación, the results of the "Argia eta Indarra Kubarentzat" campaign were presented on May 30. The "Against the Blockade, Energy for Cu…

Roberto Morejón (2026-06-13). Cuba en vías de implementar cambios en su economía. radiohc.cu En un escenario hostil, Estados Unidos incluyó a la estratégica entidad CUPET en una lista de empresas sancionadas, en tanto el gobierno cubano se apresta a introducir nuevos cambios en la economía, para favorecer la resistencia y buscar el desarrollo. | CUPET, Unión Cuba-Petróleo, fue incluida en una lista de la Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros de Estados Unidos, perteneciente al departamento del Tesoro, con argumentos falaces que no ocultan el objetivo de apretar el cerco energético. | Las sanciones implican la prohibición de realizar transacciones financieras y comerciales con CUPET, en un movimiento…

Maria Candela Hechavarria Carmenate (2026-06-13). Actividad cultural de apoyo a Cuba en Francia. radiohc.cu Una actividad cultural en el capitalino teatro Traversière sirvió de escenario para ratificar el apoyo solidario que impulsan desde Francia, indicó este sábado la asociación de amistad France-Cuba. | La más antigua de las asociaciones de amistad con la isla en esta nación y en Europa, celebró con un concierto su 65 años de creada, en una importante manifestación de respaldo a la nación antillana, asediada por un recrudecido bloqueo estadounidense. El evento, organizado por el comité parisino de la referida asociación, formó parte de las actividades con motivo de la celebración del centenario del nacimiento del lí…

Dalia Reyes (2026-06-13). Enmienda Platt: un hito doloroso en la historia de Cuba. radiohc.cu El 12 de junio de 1901, en una sesión secreta de la Asamblea Constituyente, se aprobó la Enmienda Platt, un apéndice de la Constitución de la República que transformó a Cuba en una neocolonia de Estados Unidos. La decisión fue tomada por la aprobación de 16 delegados, 11 estuvieron en contra, mientras que cuatro se abstuvieron, un hito doloroso en la historia de la política cubana. | La presión ejercida por figuras como Leonard Wood, Gobernador militar de Estados Unidos, fue determinante en la conformación de una república que, en teoría, buscaba la independencia, pero que en la práctica se convirtió en una Repúb…

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